The NBA has announced that Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird has been named 2011-2012 NBA Executive of the Year by a vote of a "panel of his fellow team executives throughout the NBA."
In all, 19 executives received at least one first, second or third place vote. Portland Trail Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan was not one of those 19, as he did not receive any votes.
Buchanan doesn't go home empty-handed, though, thanks to that second place vote from Mike Rice on Blazers.com.
Click through for the full vote totals.
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Larry Bird, Indiana 12 8 4 -- 88
R.C. Buford, San Antonio 8 4 4 -- 56
Neil Olshey, L.A. Clippers 6 7 4 55
Gar Forman, Chicago 2 2 - 16
Kevin O’Connor, Utah - 2 4 10
Glen Grunwald, New York - 2 2 8
Pat Riley, Miami 1 - 2 7
Sam Presti, Oklahoma City 1 - - 5
Chris Wallace, Memphis - 1 2 5
David Kahn, Minnesota - 1 1 4
Rod Thorn, Philadelphia - 1 - 3
Dell Demps, New Orleans - 1 - 3
Rick Sund, Atlanta - 1 - 3
Danny Ainge, Boston - - 1 1
John Hammond, Milwaukee - - 1 1
Lon Babby, Phoenix - - 1 1
Mitch Kupchak, L.A. Lakers - - 1 1
Otis Smith, Orlando - - 1 1
Masai Ujiri, Denver - - 1 1